Shimonia timberlakei

Shimonia timberlakei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Shimonia
Species: S. timberlakei
Binomial name
Shimonia timberlakei
Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013

Shimonia timberlakei is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo,[1] where it has been recorded from Eala.

The wingspan is 38 mm for males and 41 mm for females. The forewings are glossy light-ochre with a sepia cell-spot and a small patch of olive-ochre distally. There are several faded lines of olive and an olive subterminal line with a patch of olive-ochre in its distal half. The hindwings are uniform glossy light-ochre.

Etymology

The species is named after Jonathan Timberlake, the editor of Flora Zambesiaca.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Lehmann, I.; Rajaei Sh., H. 2013: Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from East and Central Africa, with notes on biogeography. Bonn zoological bulletin, 62(1): 100-110. full article (PDF):


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